Mitral valve replacement and endocavitary patch repair for a giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2020-2022

  Kollar, Andras ^a,b   Byrd, Benjamin F ^a,b   Lui, Henry K ^a,b   Drinkwater, Davis C ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEART ANEURYSM; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034979669     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02494-2     Document Type: Article

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